The City Council will consider approving three (3) temporary construction easements associated with W.O. 14-13, Elysian Area Water & Sanitary Sewer Extension project.  The easement grantors are Armstrong, Walter and River Point Edge LLC.  General construction-related activities will occur within the easements including staging of equipment and materials and vehicular access.  None of the grantors are seeking compensation.

The easements are necessary to complete the water and sanitary sewer extension project which will install approximately 1.0 mile of 16-inch water main, 500 feet of 24-inch water main and 1.5 miles of 24-inch sanitary sewer main in Elysian Road and in the perpetual right-of-way easements west and southwest from the Mullowney Lane area to East Lane.

The utility extension project was bid on March 24 and was awarded by Council to Western Municipal Construction on April 13, 2015, in the amount of $3,187,168.50.  Construction will take place this summer between mid-May and late August.

City Council may:

• Approve the three Temporary Construction Easements, or;
• Disapprove the easements.  If the easements are not approved and the project is not constructed, development may proceed in the area around Elysian Road west of Mullowney Lane without City water and sanitary sewer service in place, or development dependent on these City services will not proceed at all.

None of the three easement Grantors are seeking compensation for the easements.

Staff recommends that Council approve three Temporary Construction Easements associated with the W.O. 14-13, Elysian Area Water & Sanitary Sewer Extension project.